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Maco

Maco

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
So, my 780G has been dispatched & is on its way. Training booked in for the 7th of January so nearly time to get excited.

Basically I’m very active, gym 6/7 days a week & usually always on my feet with work etc. I don’t really just want to have the pump in my pocket because of the types of cloths I wear. Shorts for the gym and jogging bottoms most other times aren’t the most secure of places to keep your pump with the pockets usually been quite rubbish. In regards to sleeping well I sleep in my birthday suit so again have concerns of waking up say for the toilet or to treat a hypo & jumping out of bed without thinking about my pump.

Im thinking of ordering the Medtronic body belt within the next day or two so that I have it ready for the 7th but I’m just wondering if anyone had any experience with it or any other sort of belts/straps. Advice for everyday life, sleeping & exercise would be perfect.

Thanks.
 
Night time, I used the Hid-In belt wrapped twice around my thigh.
Day time, 8 usually clipped my pump to my waist band unless wearing a dress which, based on your picture, I expect you do even less often than I do.
Gym, I removed my pump as my cardio increased my insulin sensitivity so much I needed no basal.
Climbing (like weights and resistance training, raises my blood sugars), I clip my pump to my waist band. On one occasion, the clip failed but the pump remained attached and dangling. It disturbed my belayer more than me.
Flying trapeze (only tried once), Hid-In belt as a belt under my clothes to keep it out of the way of harness and avoid pump flying whilst doing a summersault.
 
I sleep without anything on.. and just allow the pump to do its own thing.. its now natural behaviour for me to pick it up before going to the toilet in the night

I did try a belt in the night but I got worse sleep that way

I think twice at the beginning I forgot but it just dangled on the hose

Daytime I have a physical job and I just invested in a high quality holder that I clip to my belt
 
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